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Parks and Recreation S4 E19, “Live Ammo”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. When Leslie finds out that Parks Department budget is about to be cut, she convinces Councilman Pillner to make the cuts elsewhere, which causes unexpected problems for her campaign. Meanwhile, Chris takes Ron to his favorite meditation center.
Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (3); Violence & injury (4); Suicide & self-harm (1); Alcohol & drugs (4). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in Parks and Recreation S4 E19:
It's just a regular beer, but we put it in a sexy-ass mug.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Parks and Recreation S4 E19:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
hamster penis, but no, I don't.
Are you sure? Because you look like a hamster penis.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Parks and Recreation S4 E19:
Now I am not saying that Leslie Knope is a dog murderer, per se, I just think that her actions raise some questions.
Like, for example, is she a dog murderer? God.
Leslie, there is a woman on the phone that says her daughter's scared to go to sleep because Leslie Knope's going to come murder her kitty.
No, I will not let you return to a life of shaving wieners and dodging knife attacks from meth heads.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in Parks and Recreation S4 E19:
Ben, I'm going to commit political suicide.
Alcohol & drugs 4 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Parks and Recreation S4 E19:
No, I will not let you return to a life of shaving wieners and dodging knife attacks from meth heads.
The Beer-yonce Knowles.
Bye, pups! Bye, little piggies! I don't usually poison my body with dark alcohol, but this whiskey is excellent! Nectar of the gods.
What do you say, after work, you, me, whiskey, wheatgrass, Cranium? - Ron? - Chris? Sorry, he's meditating.
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